Herald-Tribune executive joins Buccaneers

Wednesday

Apr 24, 2013 at 12:01 AM

Kristin Houston has worked in industry for some 28 years

By MICHAEL POLLICK

Kristin Houston, who has run the Herald-Tribune Media Group's human resources department for almost three years, is leaving the media company to become director of human resources for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

She will oversee various aspects of human resources involving about 200 non-football staffers at the National Football League team's headquarters at One Buccaneer Place.

Before joining the Herald-Tribune in 2010, Houston spent 25 years at a New York Times Co. Regional Media Group newspaper in Santa Rosa, Calif.

The Times Co. owned the Santa Rosa newspaper and the Herald-Tribune until January 2012, when those companies and 14 media other organizations were sold to Daytona Beach-based Halifax Media Holdings LLC.

"While I am saddened to be leaving a company where I have spent the last 28 years, I am excited to start in my new role for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers," Houston said Tuesday. "It is an excellent opportunity, and I look forward to the new experience and exciting challenges."

Houston's last day at the Herald-Tribune will be May 3. She begins work with the Bucs on May 7.

"She is well respected up and down our organization and is a true professional in every sense," Dorsey said. "She has been a positive influence on everyone she has worked with, and was a great assistance to me as I transitioned to my new role as publisher."

The Buccaneers, who won Super Bowl XXXVII in 2003, are primarily owned by the Glazer family. The team has about a dozen executives in its front office, overseeing football operations, security, event marketing, finance, sales and other operations.

"We are sad to see her go, and she will be greatly missed, but we are very happy and excited for her and her new opportunity with the Buccaneers," Dorsey said.